वृषली

{ vṛṣalī }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : रजस्वला

A dictionary, Marathi and English

A female of the कुणबी- class. A male of this class is वृषल.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वृषली  f.  a f. See below
वृषली  f.  b f. a woman of low caste, शूद्र woman, [ŚBr.] &c. &c. ( [L.] also ‘an unmarried girl twelve years old in whom menstruation has commenced; a woman during menstruation; a barren woman; the mother of a still-born child’).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वृषली [vṛṣalī]   1 An unmarried girl twelve years old; particularly, a girl remaining unmarried at her father's house in whom menstruation has commenced; पितुर्गेहे च या नारी रजः पश्यत्यसंस्कृता । भ्रूणहत्या पितुस्तस्याः सा कन्या विषली स्मृता ॥
A woman during menstruation.
A barren woman.
The mother of a still-born child.
A Śūdra female, or the wife of a Śūdra. -Comp.
-पतिः   the husband of a Śūdra woman; [Ms.3.155;] [Mb.7.73.36.]
-फेनः   the lip-moisture (अधररस) of a वृषली; वृषलीफेनपीतस्य ....... निष्कृतिर्न विधीयते [Ms.3.19.]
-वृत्ति a.  a. brought up by वृषलs; [Ms.3.164.]
-सेवनम्   intercourse with a Śūdra famale; यत् करोत्येकरात्रेण वृषलीसेवनाद् द्विजः [Ms.11.178.]